I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Gov. Bill Richardson will appear tonight on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss the annual border governor’s meeting between American and Mexican governors. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer canceled the conference after Mexican governors said they would not attend…
The New Mexico Independent’s fifth weekly podcast includes a discussion of the state budget, New Mexico’s new plan to track childhood obesity rates and the latest news on the Arizona immigration law.
New Mexico Independent senior reporter Trip Jennings joined…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed suit against Arizona governor Jan Brewer and the state of Arizona, challenging a new Arizona immigration law, saying it “crossed a constitutional line.”
The brief argues that Arizona law “is preempted by…
The United States Department of Justice may file suit over Arizona’s controversial immigration law as soon as today, The Washington Post reports, citing three law enforcement sources. The Post reported that the lawsuit “will invoke for its main argument the…
Although Arizona’s controversial immigration law is not scheduled to go into effect until the end of July, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is warning travelers about traveling West over the Fourth of July holiday. The group has…
CBS News reports today that Justice Department lawyers are working on a challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration law. A senior administration official told CBS that Justice lawyers will make a formal move when they’re finished building their case.
The…
FactCheck.org has tackled Arizona’s new anti-immigration law and found that, contrary to what some have claimed, the law is not just a state version of federal law. And it allows some racial profiling—but as already allowed by the courts.
As The Washington Post’s Peter Slevin reported last week, GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth might be down in the polls, and he might have just a fifth of the campaign funds accumulated by his primary opponent, Sen. John McCain…
Obama’s plan to send 1,200 more troops to help with border security met with the approval of New Mexico’s Congressional delegation, but American Civil Liberties Union Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas don’t agree.
Two New Mexicans have joined a federal lawsuit that seeks to stop Arizona’s tough new immigration law from taking effect in July. Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa and Vicki Gaubeca of Las Cruces, two of more than a dozen plaintiffs, said they joined the legal challenge because they said they travel back and forth between the two states and are concerned about being pulled over by Arizona police officers, they told The Independent.
State Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque, outlined a plan for the state of New Mexico to join Los Angeles and other municipalities in a boycott of Arizona over the controversial new immigration law and the banning of…
Albuquerque mayor Richard Berry announced today that everyone who is arrested in Albuquerque will have their immigration status checked, regardless of race. Berry announced the plan, which Berry characterized as a “not an immigration issue” but “a public safety issue,”…
Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima withdrew a proposed resolution that would have condemned the controversial Arizona immigration bill after changes were made to the Arizona bill. Miyagishima was convinced by changes in the law, though the “fix” bill was signed…
Republican candidates for Congress are split on support for the controversial Arizona immigration law that has ignited debate and protests over the law that some think will lead to racial profiling.
Jon Barela, who is running against Albuquerque incumbent Martin…
Gov. Bill Richardson has directed the New Mexico Human Rights Division to assist any New Mexicans who are worried about traveling to Arizona in light of the controversial, recently-signed immigration law. The office could help New Mexicans by “giving them…
Reps. Harry Teague, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan all told The Independent they oppose the newly-signed Arizona law, calling it racial profiling and an breach of individual privacy rights. The three also said that the law shows the need…
Former Gov. Gary Johnson said that he “would absolutely have vetoed” the recently signed Arizona immigration bill if it had been put on his desk when he was governor. Johnson also called the bill “racial profiling.”
A coalition of civil rights groups including the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) say they will announce Thursday in Phoenix that they will challenge Arizona’s recent…
Hundreds are expected to attend a march Saturday in Santa Fe to protest Arizona’s new immigration law, an immigrants’ rights group said Wednesday.
The Arizona statute, signed into law last week, would empower police in Arizona to stop people…
The New Mexico Independent’s fifth weekly podcast includes a discussion of the state budget, New Mexico’s new plan to track childhood obesity rates and the latest news on the Arizona immigration law.